When General Douglas MacArthur dramatically reminded Congress last April that "Old Soldiers Never Die," he set off wild scramble in Hollywood to sew up he phrase as title for a movie (TIME, April 30). Twentieth Century-Fox won the registration race, and the title was assigned o a story about an infantry platoon's galant rearguard action in Korea. Last week, with the film nearing completion, the company dropped the label as "not suitable." Slew title: Fixed Bayonets.*
* Not to be confused with Fix Bayonets, 1926's bestselling collection of World War I sketches and short...
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